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MWIPC-1510WG

Internet Camera

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Version: 1.0

Released Date: March 2007

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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Control Buttons ....................34 7.5. Video Recording ..................... 36 7.6. Change Resolution ..................36 7.7. View Four Cameras Simultaneously ............... 37 7.8. Viewer Utility Setting ..................38 7.8.1. Setting ..................... 39 7.8.2. Recording ....................40 MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 4 10. Appendix A Router/Gateway Setup for Internet Viewing ........69 11. Appendix B Set up WLAN step by step ............. 71 12. Appendix C Viewing via UPnP in Windows XP ..........77 13. Appendix D Configure Windows 2003 Server ........... 81 MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 5: Introduction
MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Introduction Thank you for choosing the Minitar Internet Camera. This Internet Camera sends live video through 10/100Mbps wired network to a web browser or camera viewer across Internet anywhere in the world! This compact, self-contained unit lets you keep an eye on your home, your kids, and your workplace—whatever’s important to you.
Page 6: Hardware Installation
When the Internet Camera is linking to wireless network, the LED is lighting. The LED is flashing when video is transmitted or received through wireless network. Wireless SMA Connector (Wireless Model Only) LED Green: LAN Activity Focus Ring LED Amber: WLAN Activity LED Blue: Power On MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 7: Camera Ports
5 seconds and the Internet Camera will reset itself to the factory default settings (warning: your original configurations will be replaced with the factory default settings). Power Jack LAN Port Reset Button MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 8: Installation Procedure
4. Make sure that you have installed correct VGA driver and DirectX 9.0 or above. Note: It is highly recommended to use the power adapter shipped with the Internet Camera, do NOT use any other power adapter from any sources. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 9: Software Installation
2. The Install Wizard will show four selections, select the program you want to install or click “Exit” to install the program later. The following installation steps are the demonstration of “Install Administrator Utility & Camera Viewer”. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 10 3. The system will start the installation procedures. Click “Next” to continue installation. 4. If you wish to install the software program in an alternate location, click “Change”; otherwise click “Next” to move on to the next step. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 11 MWIPC-1510WG User Manual 5. Click “Install” to start installing the program. 6. The system will install the program automatically. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 12 8. ”Administrator Utility“ will be run automatically after installation. On the Internet Camera first page, the cameras found in the network are listed in the left window. Choose the one you want to configure and click “Setting Wizard” to proceed. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 13 11. This wizard will pop up a window to ask you if you want to run the “Camera Viewer” and see the video of the Camera immediately. Select “OK” to run “Camera Viewer”. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 14 MWIPC-1510WG User Manual 12. The “Camera Viewer” will show the video automatically. Congratulations, you can use the camera through the network to view the video from now on. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 15: Using The Administrator Utility
2. Double click the “IP Camera Admin” icon to run the utility. Once the utility is started, it will search all the cameras within the network. To do more settings, please refer to the description in the following sections. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 16: General Setting
It means the camera is configured before. Internet Click “Add” will appear a window for you to enter the IP Address of the camera on the Internet. Delete Click “Delete” to delete the camera from the list. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 17 Click “Detail Setting” to do more setting of the camera such as IP address, Resolution, password and firmware upgrade, etc. Setting Wizard Click “Setting Wizard” to setup the necessary setting for the camera. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 18: Detail Setting
When you click the “Detail Setting”, a screen will pop up for you to enter the “Administrator Name” and “Password”. The default value is as follows. Name: “Admin” Password: “1234” If the name and password you enter are correct, you can start to setup the camera. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 19: Network Setting
6.2.1. Network Setting Network Setting Internet Camera Name The default camera name is “MWIPC-1510WG”. It is recommended to name a meaningful name for the camera. IP Address Enter an unused IP Address within the IP address range used on your LAN. If the IP Address of your LAN is from the 192.168.2.1 to 192.168.2.254, you can set an unused IP Address from the...
Page 20 Since the web server may use port 80, you can use a different port for the camera. If you change the web port from 80 to 8080, you must type http://192.168.2.3:8080 to connect the camera through the web browser. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 21: Wireless Settings (*Wireless Model Only)
Wireless Settings (*Wireless Model Only) Utility will site survey automatically or you can press “Refresh” button to survey the AP router manually. After site survey procedure, there will show existing AP SSID. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 22 You can choose one to match AP router wireless settings. After set the profile, Please remove the LAN cable then IP Camera will connect to AP router automatically. LED Status Diagram MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 23: E-Mail Setting
MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Wired Setting Environment Wireless Setting Environment You must configure the wireless settings from wired environment. Then you can remove the wired cable and start wireless connection. 6.2.3. E-Mail Setting MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 24 When Authentication is enabled, input the password. Send a Test Email Press this button to send a test e-mail to your mailbox. You can use this function to test if your setting is correct. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 25: Pppoe Settings
A maximum transmission unit (MTU) is the largest size packet or frame, specified in octets (eight-bit bytes), that can be sent in a packet or frame based network such as the Internet. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 26: Ftp Settings
User Name Specify the user account of ftp server. Password Specify the Password of your ftp account. Remote Folder Specify the folder of the ftp site that you want to store the video. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 27: Date / Time Settings
Set the current Date and Time. NTP Server Synchronize the Date and Time with NTP server. Time Zone Select the time zone that your camera put on. NTP Server Specify the IP Address of the NTP Server. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 28: Resolution
Resolution Resolution Resolution Select the desired video resolution format. Larger resolution requires more bandwidth. 640 x 480 is “VGA” format. 320 x 240 is “CIF” format. 176 x 144 is “QCIF” format. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 29: Advanced Setting
IP Address of the camera when they want to connect to the camera every time. DDNS is designed to solve this problem, by allowing users to connect to your LAN using a domain name, MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 30: Users
“registername.dyndns.com”. Enter the domain name that you register for the camera from DynDNS web site. Account Enter the login name for the DDNS service. Password Enter the password for the DDNS service. 6.2.9. Users MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 31: Tools
Enter the new password you want to use for the camera. Confirm New Password Retype the new password to confirm the setting. User Setting the user account and password. Your camera can support 4 user account. 6.2.10. Tools MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 32 If you want to reset the camera, click this button. The default settings of the camera are as follows. Camera Name: “MWIPC-XXXXXX” IP Address: “192.168.2.3” Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Administrator Name: “Admin” Password: “1234” Video Port: “4321” Web Port: “80” MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 33: About
Setting Wizard When you click the “Setting Wizard”, a screen will pop up for you to enter the “Administrator Name” and “Password”. The default value is as follows. Name: “Admin” Password: “1234” MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 34 If the name and password you enter are correct, you can start to setup the camera. Setting Wizard Internet Camera Name The default camera name is “MWIPC-1510WG”. It is recommended to enter a meaningful name for the camera. IP Address The wizard will auto setup an available IP Address to the camera.
Page 35 Click “Finish” to complete the camera setting. When you finish the camera setting, you can click “Ok” to run the “Camera Viewer” immediately or click “Cancel” to run the “Camera Viewer” later. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 36: Using The Camera Viewer
3. Click “Setting Wizard” from Administrator Utility and follow the instructions in the utility. 7.1. Panel Introduction In the beginning when you start the Camera Viewer, you would see a Control Panel and a four division Viewer window. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 38: Camera Status
It means that the camera is not connected now. It means that the camera is recording. 7.4. Control Buttons Pause Snapshot Close the Camera Viewer Minimize the Window Stop Record Play Forward MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 39 Section 7.8.4) Record By clicking “Record” you can record video immediately. (You can set the directory for storing video files at the section 7.8.4) MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 40: Video Recording
Camera by clicking the camera button first. If you change the resolution of an Internet Camera, other clients who are viewing the same Internet Camera simultaneously will also see the video with the changed resolution, too. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 41: View Four Cameras Simultaneously
Change the resolution to 640x480 (VGA) mode. QVGA Change the resolution to 320x240 (QVGA) mode. 7.7. View Four Cameras Simultaneously Click the four division button can view the 4 cameras simultaneously in a four-division window. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 42: Viewer Utility Setting
, then the setting window of the Internet Camera will pop up. Note: When you want to change the settings such as IP Address, Video Port, etc. in the “Setting” option, you must disconnect the Internet Camera first by clicking the “Stop”. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 44: Recording
1. The utility will only start to record the video stream when this utility is running and is successfully connecting to the Internet camera in the beginning of the schedule. 2. The schedule setting of one-time or weekly schedule should not overlap, or the recording will fail. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 46 Schedule Click “New” to add a new recording schedule. Edit Select an existing schedule in the schedule list and click “Edit” to edit the schedule. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 47: Status
Internet Camera. Status Stream Started At The beginning time of the current connection session between the utility and the Internet Camera. Time Elapsed The elapsed time of the current connection session between the MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 48: General
Internet Camera. Number of Users The total number of users that viewing this camera currently. 7.8.4. General You can manage storage usage for this Internet Camera here. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 49 You can reserve a disk space to store the recorded video and snapshot files. If the space is run out, a message will pop up to remind you. Used Disk Space The current used disk space for saving the recording file. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 50: About
This let you assign a maximum size of each video file. The upper bound of this value is 2 GB per file. 7.8.5. About About Camera Viewer Utility Display current Camera Viewer Utility Version. Version MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 51: Playback
Playback Click the “Open File” and a “Load File” window will be popped up. Select the file that you want to play. The viewer will start to play the selected video file. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 52 When the viewer is playing, you can click “Stop” to stop the playback. If you want the viewer to play again, just click “Play” and the viewer will play the video file from the beginning point. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 53: Rotate Video
Rotate function lets you rotate the video frame 180 of degree angle each time you click the “Rotate” . With this function, you can view the live video with normal, and 180 degree angles counterclockwise. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 54: Web Connection And Setup
IP Address of the camera to establish a connection. The default IP Address of the camera is “192.168.2.3”. When the welcome screen appears, enter the “Admin Name” and “Password”. The default values are: Admin Name: “admin” MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 55 ActiveX plug in. Please check the publisher part, you should only accept it if it is published by EPCT Corporation the video image will be shown up in the web screen directly. After installed the ActiveX plug-in, MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 56 System – Setup System utilities and settings in this menu. Status – Shows the camera information and current status in this page. Users – This camera support up to 4 user accounts. You can setup them in this menu. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 57: Camera Setting
You can adjust the brightness of the video. If the video is too dark, you can input the larger number in this text box. The video will be brighter. This value can be from 1 to 100. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 58 You can enable or disable “Time Stamp” function in this item. When you disable “OSD” function, the “Time Stamp” will be hidden. Apply When you finish “AV Server” setting, click this button to validate the setting values. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 59: Lan Setting
192.168.2.250, you can set an unused IP Address from the range for the camera, for example: 192.168.2.250. Subnet Mask The Subnet Mask field must match the subnet setting on your LAN. For example: 255.255.255.0. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 60 (eight-bit bytes), that can be sent in a packet or frame based network such as the Internet. Apply When you finish the “PPPoE” setting, click “Apply”. Dynamic DNS Enable DDNS Enable or disable DDNS function of the camera. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 61 IP Camera will send a snapshot image to Internet Explorer. If user changed file name (Ex: “1234”), the URL must be changed to “http://192.168.2.3/1234.jpg” Apply When you finish the “UPnP” setting, click “Apply”. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 62: Wlan
Ad-Hoc – Select this mode if you want to connect to another wireless stations in the Wireless LAN network without through an Access Point or Router. Available Networks Select the networks listed below and click apply to connect to the specified network. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 63 WEP Key Format Hexdecimal – Only “A-F“, “a-f“ and “0-9“ are allowed to be set as WEP key. ASCII – Numerical values, characters or signs are allowed to be MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 64 13-digit ASCII characters (including “a-z” and “0-9”) as the encryption keys. For example: “01234567890123456789abcdef“ or “administrator”. Apply When you finish “WLAN” setting, click this button to validate the setting values. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 65: E-Mail And Ftp
When Authentication is enabled, input the password. Send a Test Email Press this button to send a test e-mail to your mailbox. You can use this function to test if your setting is correct. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 66: Motion Detection
If your Camera is under NAT, you usually need to enable this feature. 8.5. Motion Detection The “Motion Detection” allows users to setup the behavior of motion detection feature. Motion Detection Motion Detection Enable Enable or Disable the Motion Detection Function. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 67: System
“E-Mail & FTP” menu. 8.6. System The “System” allows users to setup the camera’s parameters, like camera name, data/time setting. And also provide firmware upgrade and reset tools at this page. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 68 MWIPC-1510WG User Manual System Camera Name The default camera name is “MWIPC-1510WG”. It is recommended to name a meaningful name for the camera. Login Name Setup your administrator account’s login name. Default name is “admin” Password Enter up to 4 digits password for the new user account.
Page 69: Status
The “Users” allows users to add four user accounts which are able to view video from Camera Viewer and Web Management. These users, unlike Administrator, are not allowed to configure the camera. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 70: Log
8.9. The “Log” allows users to monitor the device event and time. If you have trouble to use this device, the log file will help administrator to know the status of device. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 71: Frequently Asked Questions
A: The Internet Camera utilizes MJPEG video compression technology to provide high quality images. MJPEG is a standard for video compression and can be applied to various application software. Q3: Can I capture or record still images from the Internet Camera? MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 72: Technical Specifications
Max Resolution: 640 x 480 pixels Sensor: 300K pixels 1/4" color CMOS sensor Gain control: Automatic Exposure: Automatic White Balance: Automatic Focal Length: 4.8 mm Aperture: F=1.8 Image (Video Setting) Image compression: MJPEG Image Video MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 73: Appendix A Router/Gateway Setup For Internet Viewing
To view Internet Camera across the Internet, you have to make sure Router/Gateway has configured to pass incoming TCP/UDP connections from remote PC to the Internet Camera. The Router/Gateway should set port forwarding or virtual server for the connections. Please illustration as below. see the MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 74 Router/Gateway has configured setup2. Setup Internet Camera via Administrator Utility Setup 3 If you want to use Administrator Utility to configure the Internet Camera via Internet, the Router/Gateway should configure setup. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 75: Appendix B Set Up Wlan Step By Step
MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Appendix B Set up WLAN step by step Please follow the procedures below: Please Check you Router Wireless settings, Suggesting Open System ( Disable security ) first. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 78 Press Refresh button until you find the SSID you want in the list first! Then select the Connect column of the SSID you want and select the Enable button of Wireless Connection.Press Apply button. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 79 Then you could close this IE browser window now. Please UNPLUG the Ethernet Cable of the Wireless IP Camera now! Wait for seconds then the Wireless IP Camera should be linked with the Wireless MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 80 (10) In this case, if your PC’s DHCP Client IP is 192.168.8.101, then the Wireless IP Camera must be 192.168.8.100, because Wireless IP Camera was got IP early then your PC. (11) You could go to the Web-Interface of the Wireless IP Camera. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 81: Appendix C Viewing Via Upnp In Windows Xp
Windows XP. The camera will be displayed in the Neighborhood of Windows XP, so you can directly double click the camera or right click the camera and select “Invoke” to view the video through web browser. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 82 Please follow the steps below to enable it. 1. Go to “Start\Settings\Network Connections”. Right click the “Local Area Connection” and select “Properties”. In the “Local Area Connection Properties”, select “Advanced” option menu and click “Settings”. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 85: Appendix D Configure Windows 2003 Server
Advanced -> and finally, the Troubleshoot tab. Now move the Hardware acceleration slider across to Full Click OK You may experience a monitor black out for a few seconds, this is normal. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...
Page 86 WHQL certificates - click on Yes. Let's click on the Display tab, now click on all three boxes to enable DirectDraw, Direct3D and AGP Texture Acceleration. MWIPC-1510WG User Manual Copyright © 2006/2007 Minitar Corporation...

Minitar MWIPC-1510WG User Manual

1 Introduction

2 Package Content

3 System Requirement

4 Hardware Installation

5 Software Installation

6 Using the Administrator Utility

7 Using the Camera Viewer

8 Web Connection and Setup

9 Technical Specifications

10 Appendix A Router/Gateway Setup for Internet Viewing

11 Appendix B Set up WLAN Step by Step

12 Appendix C Viewing Via Upnp in Windows XP

13 Appendix D Configure Windows 2003 Server

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